For error correction I tend to use the most frequent type of correction, recast. I believe I use it because it's quick and doesn't harm fluency and communication entirely. But like Penny Ur mentioned, this type of correction all the time may be ineffective and may I add fall on deaf ears most of the times. Research shows that the best correction methods are elicitation, metalinguistic feedback and explicit correction so I feel I need to use more of these methods when correcting my students. Also, sometimes I let errors go by uncorrected mostly because I consider them minor or unimportant errors but there are times when students notice them and correct them. Perhaps it's best the teacher corrects all errors and not the students because it could come across as if the teacher wasn't listening or doesn't care and because learners would rather be corrected by the their teacher than their peers as research shows.
I think students really appreciate the effort if you include their names or relevant celebrity names in exercises. However, it does mean I need to get a bit more clued up on Spanish celebrities here in Spain. All my examples seem to be of Cristiano Ronaldo! e.g. He was counting his money when the phone rang.
ReplyDeleteYeah. It sounds good, Francesca. I have to try it in my class
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